Gwangju, the Symbol City of Democracy that Inspired Resistance to Martial Law in South Korea

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Some 20 people are sitting in a circle in a wooden temple shaped like a pagoda. They form a strange mixture. There are very concentrated young women, also old women with lost eyes, two art curators, a doctor in English Literature and an American professor specializing in conflict resolution. Some hold a book, others, photocopies. Touched by the afternoon sun, they read aloud chapter six of the novel Human Acts (Random House, 2024) by South Korea…